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Seanad discusses RTÉ apology to Fr Reynolds

Senator Darragh O'Brien has said the Minister for Communications should urgently seek a meeting with the Director General of RTÉ to see what editorial procedures were followed before the broadcast of a Prime Time programme in which allegations were made against Fr Kevin Reynolds.

Senator Ivana Bacik told the Seanad it was inappropriate for a Minister for Communications to contact RTÉ as it is an independent broadcaster.

Senator Rónán Mullen, who comes from the Galway parish, asked that 'the relevant managers' in RTÉ come to a Joint Oireachtas Committee to explain how the decision was made to broadcast the programme, and what disciplinary actions will be taken following RTÉ's apology that the allegations against Fr Reynolds were false.